Archive for February, 2009
Sample Employer Health and Wellness Program Ideas
Health Screening:
• Blood checks
• Breast cancer Screening
• Skin cancer Screening
• Diabetes Screening
• Cholesterol Screening
• Eye exams
• Body-fat Screening
• Flu shots
• Posture screening, spinal assessment
• On-Site child immunizations
• Prostate cancer screenings
• Fitness Screening
• Depression Screening
Fitness Ideas:
• On-Site fitness center or exercise room
• Walking and/or running club (during lunch hour or breaks)
• On-Site bike rake
• Mind and [...]
Employer Health and Wellness Program Ideas: Health Education Initiatives
Employee Health Services
• on-site medical services
• worksite medical examinations
• health risk testing and counselling:
• blood pressure testing,
• blood cholesterol testing,
• blood glucose testing clinics,
• thyroid testing,
• bone density testing,
• prostrate cancer testing
• promote self-exams – breasts, testicles
• medical surveillance Initiatives
• immunizations and flu shots
• Disability Management
• Active rehabilitation
• Return to work Initiatives
• Self-care Initiatives
• Disease [...]
Employer Health and Wellness Program Ideas: Healthy Work Environment Strategies
• clearly communicated vision and mission
• clear and accurate job descriptions
• supportive appraisal system
• staff member empowerment through decision-making, pace of work and connection to business goals, (on-line tools that connect to goals such as Baxter Healthcare)
• two-way communication training
• ‘no lunch hour’ meeting rules unless it is a lunch ‘n’ learn
• rates of absence [...]
Employer Health and Wellness Program Ideas: Mental Health and Wellness
• childcare Initiatives and information
• family planning information
• parenting classes
• Senior care Initiatives and information
• retirement planning
• personal responsibility leave
• alternative work arrangements such as telecommuting, job sharing
• work-family-life transition support
• anger management and family violence
• family counselling programs
• budgeting and financial counselling
• understanding credit reports
• money safety tips – ATMS, credit cards
• advertising and [...]
Employer Health and Wellness Program Ideas: Environmental Wellness Initiatives
• violence in the worksite
• equity in the worksite programs
• harassment policy and training
• literacy/numeracy Initiatives
• professional development and skill enhancing training
• air quality and sick building testing
• smoke-free worksite
• fire safety programs
• hazard control and WHIMS Training
• injury prevention, CPR/First Aid, emergency response Initiatives
• improved signage
• installing guard rails
• work station design, ergonomic and [...]
Employer Health and Wellness Program Ideas: Living Healthy Initiatives
• Provide Stress Management Programs and mental health Initiatives
• Provide substance use and abuse Initiatives
• Provide tobacco cessation and control
• Provide nutrition counselling
• Provide weight control Initiatives and counselling
• Provide promote use of food logs
• Provide posting BMI charts
• Provide juice dispensing machines
• Provide water coolers
• Provide vending machines with low-calorie snack choices
• Provide vending [...]